Merge BOM axf weather data

Usage

merge_axf_weather(
  File_compressed,
  File_axf = "IDQ60910.99123.axf",
  File_formatted = "NTamborine.csv",
  base_dir = getwd(),
  verbose = FALSE
)

Arguments

File_compressed: character, file path of compressed weather file "tgz"
File_axf: character, uncompressed axf BOM file containing 10 minute weather observations, default is North Tamborine.
File_formatted: character, file name and path to the formatted file for which to store formatted data and which previously stored data will be merged with.
base_dir: character file path giving the base directory for file_formatted
verbose: logical print extra messages to assist debugging

Value

data.table, of merged dataset

Details

This function takes new BOM axf files which hold 72 hours of weather observations in 10-30 minute intervals and an old formatted weather data file, row binds them, then saves them back as the File_formatted csv. File_axf uncompressed axf BOM file containing 10 minute weather observations, default is North Tamborine. File_formatted previously read axf files with removed headers and saved as a csv file base_dir weather directory which contains folders where weather data are saved, and where formatted data is saved. data_dir Directory with compressed and uncompressed data